The following “Voices of Foster/Adoptive Parents” are taken from the Child & Family Today series I produced for Massachusetts community access media outlets.
Child & Family Today aired in more than 150 cities and towns in the Commonwealth.
Deb Sweet – Foster/Adoptive Parent; Holliston, MA
Adopted Special Needs children
Donna Bruley – Foster Parent; Swampscott, MA
Beneficial experience for the entire Family
Pamela Freeman – Foster Parent; Lynn, MA
Unexpected joy receiving a white child as her first placement
Bill Mahoney – Foster/Adoptive; Medford, MA
Single male Adopting from Foster Care
Jane O’Connell – Former Principal of Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center; Dorchester, MA
Parents teens in her community
Alexx Wood – Foster Parent; Arlington, MA
Caring for teens as a single Mother
Bob Guinto – Foster/Adoptive Parent and Foster child; Boston, MA
“Every time a kid has to think about — worry about where they are going to sleep next — that is a distraction on them really feeling safe; building their self esteem. For many years — even as I was going to college, I was thinking, ‘what did I do to have to make me move from all these places…’ ”